<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Elizabethan England was a state of repression and Shakespeare could not write his plays freely and he could not oppose Elizabeth and her government openly. So he had to use allegory and every one of his plays is an act of rebellion. This paper deals with Shakespeare’s history plays which are symbols of resistance to the rule of force and war politics, and that message is implicit in the way of presenting kings.</p></abstract>

Elizabethan England was a state of repression and Shakespeare could not write his plays freely and he could not oppose Elizabeth and her government openly. So he had to use allegory and every one of his plays is an act of rebellion. This paper deals with Shakespeare’s history plays which are symbols of resistance to the rule of force and war politics, and that message is implicit in the way of presenting kings.

The Problem of Kingship in Shakespeare’S History Plays

Romanian Journal of English Studies

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Elizabethan England was a state of repression and Shakespeare could not write his plays freely and he could not oppose Elizabeth and her government openly. So...

The Problem of Kingship in Shakespeare’S History Plays

Pubblicato online: 01 mag 2014

Pagine: 78 - 85

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjes-2014-0010

Parole chiave
history plays, kings, politics, power, Shakespeare

© Romanian Journal of English Studies

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Problem of Kingship in Shakespeare’S History Plays

Pubblicato online: 01 mag 2014

Pagine: 78 - 85

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjes-2014-0010

Parole chiavehistory plays, kings, politics, power, Shakespeare

© Romanian Journal of English Studies

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Parole chiave
history plays, kings, politics, power, Shakespeare